Bach

From German Bach. The surname was brought to the Anglo-Saxon world by immigrants from other Germanic countries. Doublet of Beach.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /bɑːx/, /bɑːk/
• Rhymes: -ɑːx, -ɑːk

Bach

1. A surname from German.
2. (music) Johann Sebastian Bach, a German organist and composer.

• BACH motif
• Bach flower remedy
• Bach flower therapy
• Bach trumpet

Borrowed from Vietnamese Bạch. Doublet of Bai.

Bach

1. A surname from Vietnamese.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Bach is the 2,986^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 11,999 individuals. Bach is most common among White (84.82%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (10.70%) individuals.

• BHCA

• IPA^(key): [ˈbax]

Bach m anim (female equivalent Bachová)

1. a male surname

• “Bach”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

From German Bach, also as a Germanisation/Germanization of the Danish surname Bak (“hill”).

Bach

1. a surname of Danish-speakers
2. (music) Bach

From Middle High German bach, from Old High German bah, from Proto-West Germanic *baki. Cognate with English beach and English beck.

• IPA^(key): /baχ/

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• Rhymes: -ax

Bach m (strong, genitive Baches or Bachs, plural Bäche, diminutive Bächlein n or Bächelchen n)

1. brook, stream

Bach m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Bachs or (with an article) Bach, feminine genitive Bach, plural Bachs)

1. a topographic surname
2. (music) Johann Sebastian Bach, a German organist and composer

• Bacher, Bachmann, Bachmüller, Achenbach, Auerbach, Breitbach, Burbach, Ebersbach
• Heisterbach, Lauterbach, Lehrbach, Limbach, Merkelbach, Reichenbach, Rohrbach, Roßbach, Schönbach, Seebach

Bach n (proper noun, genitive Bachs or (optionally with an article) Bach)

1. a municipality of Tyrol, Austria

• Bacher
• Sturzbach

• “Bach” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Bach, Wasserlauf” in Duden online
• “Bach, Komponist” in Duden online

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɒxː]
• Hyphenation: Bach
• Rhymes: -ɒxː

Bach

1. (music) Johann Sebastian Bach, a German organist and composer

• bachi

From Middle Low German bach, from Old Saxon *bak, from Proto-West Germanic *baki (“brook; beach”).

Cognate with Dutch beek, German Bach, English beach, Swedish bäck.

• IPA^(key): /baɦ/

Bach n (plural Bäakja)

1. stream, creek, brook

• IPA^(key): /ˈbax/
• Rhymes: -ax
• Syllabification: Bach

Bach m pers

1. a male surname

Bach f (indeclinable)

1. a female surname

• “Bach”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022

From German Bach.

Bach m

1. a surname from German
2. (music) Bach (German composer)